Prophesy
The King & Alpha series book 1
By: A.E. Via
Narrated by: Nathaniel Black
Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 06-19-18
Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Justice Volkov is the youngest Alpha Zenith to ever lead the wolf shifters. Following in his father's large paw prints was a responsibility he met head on. Now at age 33, he is alpha of the alphas. As a direct descendant of the original Siberian pack, his wolf is bigger and stronger than Justice himself is sometimes able to control. His wolf howled long and hard, but Justice kept it inside. It felt like a bass drum beating against his rib cage. The harsh breaths, angry snarls, and the determined pacing inside him were overtaking him. Justice takes his role of leadership and his legacy very seriously. He has little time for romance, not to mention a true mate. His packs are his priority. With a human government trying to regulate them, an uprising of rogue shifters, and a violent team of scientists trying to experiment on them, Justice has his hands way too full.
Chadwick "Wick" Bentley is not enthusiastic when the captain of his escort tells him he has to leave his comfortable London home and go back to the States. As the Vampire King, he has no choice but to get his species back in line before they cause anymore chaos. At over 100 years old, Wick is no one to trifle with, but his smooth, charismatic manner makes him quite unique, despite the negative reputation vampires have. Wick has had nothing but time up to this point. He doesn't feel the need to make issues pressing. Nothing is urgent in his life. Until he meets Justice. His beloved.
"Natural enemies can't be mates." Or so Justice thought. He knows his skepticism and rejection is hurting his mate, so while he fights their connection, Wick gets help from a source very close to Justice to help him win his beloved's heart. Wick is a force all on his own, but when he's blessed with a special gift from the Mother herself, not even Justice's powerful wolf can prevent the prophesy from being fulfilled.
Contains mature themes.
©2017 A. E. Via (P)2018 Tantor
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Carra's Review
You would never know when reading (or listening to) Prophesy that this was the first paranormal romance this author has written. Right from the start of the story, the reader is immersed in a well built world where shifters and vampires are not hiding their existence from humans, and you’re thrown right into the midst of a true mates story that is smack full of passion and intensity. To say I was totally swallowed up into my reading on this one might be an understatement.
One of the things I love about A.E. Via is that she creates amazing, almost larger than life characters—and she’s especially talented at establishing alpha males. Both Justice and Wick have classic protector alpha characteristics, are strong and bold leaders, and can be compassionate or mete out discipline when necessary. They both care very deeply for their respective species, and once mated for each others’ as well.
That passion and intensity I mentioned? You’ll find it in spades here every time Justice and Wick are together, and you’ll also find their yearning when they’re apart. Their depth of feeling for each other once they meet and touch is overwhelming, and that shines through in the writing.
Another thing I love about this author is the strength of the supporting characters in her stories. Prophesy definitely has its fair share of these, from Justice’s family to other packs’ members, as well as to Wick’s guard and staff. They all contribute so much to the story, giving it greater depth and setting up a framework for future stories in the series that I’m already on edge looking forward to reading, in particular with Alek and Bell, and Taleb and Henry.
There’s no shortage of action and tension either, whether from the mating between Justice and Wick, the issue of the rogue shifter pack, or the larger problem lurking in the background of a clandestine group that’s out to capture and study shifters and vampires. With all of that and the amazing “special gift” Wick has (there’s your tease, I can’t say more without spoiling an incredible plot point!), I definitely fell down the rabbit hole reading this story.
5 exciting stars for Prophesy, and I’m highly recommending this story to every M/M paranormal romance fan out there. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the rest of the series, and I think once you read this you’ll be wanting more too. This story is for readers 18+ for adult language and sexual content.
The narration: This is the first audiobook I’ve listened to with Nathaniel Black as a narrator. At first, I found his voice to have somewhat of an edge to it which, combined with the deepness of the alpha voice he was using for Justice and Justice’s brothers, was slightly overpowering. As the book progressed though, that edge did lighten up a bit which allowed me to concentrate more on the story than on the voice narrating it. I thought he did a good job with Wick’s accent, and also with portraying all of the characters’ emotions. Overall, I’d give the narration a solid 4 stars.
A.E. Via has been a best-selling author in the beautiful gay romance genre for four years now, but she’s no stranger to MM. She’s been an avid reader of LGBTQ Romance for over fifteen years before she picked up her laptop to place her own kiss on this genre. She’s also the founder and owner of Via Star Wings Books, having published a couple great new up and coming MM authors.
A.E. has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Virginia Wesleyan College that she used to start her own paralegal firm after she graduated in 2008. She spent five years preparing and filing bankruptcy petitions for struggling blue collar workers who couldn’t afford to file with a lawyer. It was a rewarding and satisfying career… but another path called to her. Writing.
A.E.’s writing embodies everything from hopelessly romantic to adventure, to scandalous. Stories that often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.
Now that she’s gotten over her 10 books published hump, she’s kind of known now for her hardcore, play rough and love hard, bad boy, alphas. However, she does like to push herself to step out of her comfort zone, exploring with different tropes, but she won’t push herself into a whole other genre. She’s head over heels for MM romance and has tons of more hot stories to tell.
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I appreciate getting to read about another book my family have not known about previously. Thanks so much for the book description and giveaway also.
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